Martingale-buckle



(No Model.)

G. T. WOLFE.

MARTINGALE BUCKLE.

No. 586,649.- Patented July 20,1897.

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UNrrnp STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE THEODORE \VOLFF, OF BIRD ISLAND, MINNESOTA.

MARTlNGALE-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,649, dated July 20, 1897.

Application filed November 24, 1896. Serial No. 613,328. (No model.)

To (LZZ "whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE THEODORE IVOLFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bird Island, in the county of Renville and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Illartingale-Buckle, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in martingale-buckles.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of martingale-buckles and to provide a simple, strong, and durable 011e, provided with a strong and durable loop to receive the choke or collar strap.

A further object of the invention is to provide a martingale-buckle which may be readily attached to a martingale after an ordinary buckle has been worn out and cutoff without shortening the martingale.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the martingale provided with a buckle constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 4c is a perspective view of the martingale-buckle detached.

Like numerals of reference designate correspondingparts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a martingale-buckle compris ing a flat plate 2,whiel1 is riveted to one end of a martingale 3, loops 4 and 5, extending from the plate and receiving the martingale, and a swinging loop 6, extending from the op posite face of the plate and adapted to receive the choke or collar strap of the harness.

The loops 4 and 5 receive the body portion of the martingale after the same has been looped, as shown, and the loop at, which is formed integral with the plate, is disposed at a slight angle or inclination, as shown, to enable the martingale to be readily drawn or bulged out bet-ween the loops a and 5 to engage it and disengage it from a stud 7. The

loop 5 is hinged to the plate 2 and is adapted to swing outward away from the loop 4 to facilitate the adjustment or manipulation of the martingale.

The stud 7 is adapted to engage apcrforation of the martingale, and it securely holds the same, as will be readily seen.

The plate 2 is provided at one end with an eye 8, receiving the loop 5 and located at one end of the martingale-strap, and the said eye Sis slotted at 9 to receive the ends of the loop 0, which is substantially U-shaped and which is provided at its ends with eyes. The eyes of the loop 6 are engaged by the adjacent transverse portions of the loop 5,whereby the loop 6 is hinged to the plate 2. By this construction a strong and durable loop is provided for the choke or collar strap of a harness.

It will be seen that the martingale-buckle is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that the loop for the choke or collar strap is strong and durable and adapted to successfully withstand all the strain incident to its use, and that it is adapted to be readily applied to a martingale.

It will also be seen that the buckle may be applied to, a martingale after the ordinary buckle has become useless and is cut off, and that by securing the plate 2 to the martingale, as shown, the latter is not shortened, as would be the case were a strap doubled on itself to loop it around the buckle in the manner in which a strap is attached to a common buckle.

"What I claim is 1. In a martingale-buckle, the combination of a plate provided at one end with an eye, a loop adapted to receive a choke or collar strap, extending from one face of the plate and provided with eyes, and a loop extending from the opposite face of the plate and provided with a pintle engaging the eyes of said loop and said plate,whereby both loops are hinged to the plate, substantially as described.

2. In a martin gale-buckle, the combination of a plate provided at one end with an eye and having slots intersecting the same, a loop adapted to receive a choke or collar strap, extending from one face of the plate and pro- Vided With eyes arranged in the said slots, my own I have hereto affixed my signature in and a loop extending from the other face of the presence of two Witnesses. the plate and having a transverse portion arranged in the eye of the latter and engaging GEORGE FHFODORE OLFF' 5 the eyes of the said1o0p,whereby the same is Vitnesses:

hinged to the p1ate,substantia11y as described. J. M. BOWLER,

In testimony that I elaim the foregoing as F. A. DRESON. 

